Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Laund Booth, Lancashire

Old Laund Booth is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
INGHAM339.9398399.52
SMITH309.03616.40
HARGREAVES206.0241144.51
CRYER154.5181819.67
TATTERSALL133.9157282.00
DIXON133.915735.74
MOORE113.313316.57
BAILEY92.710818.00
JUDSON92.7108592.11
SIMPSON92.710815.50
HOLT82.409635.99
WILSON82.40965.25
PROCTER82.4096185.61
BROWN82.40963.66
SLATER72.108434.83
BROTHERTON72.1084414.20
WHITEHEAD61.807226.74
HOWARTH61.807237.62
LEE51.50609.21
ATKINSON51.506015.46
EASTWOOD51.506063.69
HAWORTH51.506071.63
ORMEROD51.5060187.97
BERRY41.204815.19
WALMSLEY41.204858.22
CAMPBELL41.20487.12
STARKIE41.2048377.36
BLADES41.2048212.77
WINTERBOTTOM41.2048130.29
PICKLES30.903644.44
MOOREHOUSE30.90361,250.00
GREEN30.90363.21
DRIVER20.602432.52
ANDERTON20.602450.76
CLARK20.60242.00
HARTLEY20.60249.61
SPENCER20.60246.60
ROBINSON20.60241.89
HITCHEN20.602488.50
SUTCLIFFE20.602415.26
WILKINSON20.60243.95
ARMISTEAD20.6024322.58
TAYLOR20.60240.94
WHITTAKER10.30126.36
SALISBURY10.301230.30
WALSH10.30125.66
PORTER10.30124.01
NEIL10.301222.78
HALL10.30121.02
FORSYTH10.301214.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOOREHOUSE0.333321250.0000
CRYER0.33332819.6721
JUDSON0.33332592.1053
BROTHERTON0.33332414.2012
INGHAM0.33332399.5157
STARKIE0.33332377.3585
ARMISTEAD0.33332322.5806
TATTERSALL0.33332281.9957
BLADES0.33332212.7660
ORMEROD0.33332187.9699
PROCTER0.33332185.6148
HARGREAVES0.33332144.5087
SILVERWOOD0.33332140.8451
WINTERBOTTOM0.33332130.2932
HARDACRE0.33332126.5823
HITCHEN0.3333288.4956
HAWORTH0.3333271.6332
EASTWOOD0.3333263.6943
WALMSLEY0.3333258.2242
ANDERTON0.3333250.7614
PICKLES0.3333244.4444
HOWARTH0.3333237.6176
HOLT0.3333235.9874
DIXON0.3333235.7437
SLATER0.3333234.8259
DRIVER0.3333232.5203
SALISBURY0.3333230.3030
WHITEHEAD0.3333226.7380
NEIL0.3333222.7790
BAILEY0.3333217.9964
MOORE0.3333216.5688
SIMPSON0.3333215.4985
ATKINSON0.3333215.4607
SUTCLIFFE0.3333215.2555
BERRY0.3333215.1860
FORSYTH0.3333214.1243
KENDALL0.3333213.9860
HARTLEY0.333329.6108
LEE0.333329.2149
BRADSHAW0.333327.3314
CAMPBELL0.333327.1187
SPENCER0.333326.5985
SMITH0.333326.3997
WHITTAKER0.333326.3613
WALSH0.333325.6593
WILSON0.333325.2466
WALTON0.333324.2790
PORTER0.333324.0145
WILKINSON0.333323.9479
BROWN0.333323.6555

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 332 people called MOOREHOUSE in Old Laund Booth at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1250.0000 in Old Laund Booth means that 1250.0000% of the people in Old Laund Booth on census day were called MOOREHOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOOREHOUSE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called MOOREHOUSE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called MOOREHOUSE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called MOOREHOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Old Laund Booth means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOOREHOUSE in Old Laund Booth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Laund Booth in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDERTON (2)  ARMISTEAD (2)  ATKINSON (5)  BAILEY (9)  BALL (1)  BERRY (4)  BLADES (4)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROTHERTON (7)  BROWN (8)  BULCOCK (2)  CAMPBELL (4)  CLARK (2)  CRYER (15)  DIXON (13)  DRIVER (2)  EASTWOOD (5)  FORSYTH (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (3)  GROGGINS (11)  HALL (1)  HARDACRE (1)  HARGREAVES (20)  HARTLEY (2)  HATHEN (2)  HAWORTH (5)  HITCHEN (2)  HOLT (8)  HOWARTH (6)  INGHAM (33)  JUDSON (9)  KENDALL (1)  LEE (5)  MOORE (11)  MOOREHOUSE (3)  NEIL (1)  ORMEROD (5)  PICKLES (3)  PORTER (1)  PORTENS (1)  PROCTER (8)  ROBINSON (2)  SALISBURY (1)  SILVERWOOD (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SLATER (7)  SMITH (30)  SPENCER (2)  STARKIE (4)  SUTCLIFFE (2)  TATTERSALL (13)  TAYLOR (2)  WALMSLEY (4)  WALSH (1)  WALTON (1)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WHITTAM (2)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (8)  WINTERBOTTOM (4)